- As a Booker prize judge I helped whittle 153 books down to a shortlist of six. Here’s why you should read them By Chris Power, The Guardian, September 23, 2025
- Look to Myanmar for a terrifying vision of a world where authoritarians have unfettered power By Simon Tisdall, The Guardian, September 21, 2025
- Democrats Cannot Just Buy Back the Working Class By David Paul Kuhn, The New York Times, Sept. 14, 2025
- Major Medical Prizes Given to Cell Biology and Cystic Fibrosis Pioneers By Carl Zimmer and Gina Kolata, The New York Times, September 11, 2025
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Random thoughts of an economics teacher.
Friday, September 12, 2025
September 2025: Notable
Sunday, August 03, 2025
August 2025: Notable
- Why Thailand’s Politics Are in Constant Crisis By Sui-Lee Wee, The New York Times, Aug. 28, 2025
- You Can Fix Those Annoying Plug Outlets By Tim Heffernan, The New York Times, Aug. 18, 2025
- Why Russia Sold Alaska to the U.S. By Mike Ives, The New York Times, Aug. 16, 2025
- How Liberalism Went to Die on the Texas-Arkansas Border By Thomas B. Edsall, The New York Times, Aug. 12, 2025
- 21 Ways People Are Using A.I. at Work By Larry Buchanan and Francesca Paris, The New York Times, Aug. 11, 2025
- 27 Notes on Growing Old(er) By Ian Leslie, Persuasion, August 4, 2025
- These nuclear reactors fit on a flatbed truck. How safe are they? By Evan Halper, The Washington Post, August 6, 2025
- 80 Years Ago, Nuclear Annihilation Came to Japan By Hannah Beech, The New York Times, August 5, 2025
- The 109-Year-Old Pact That Looms Over European Moves to Recognize a Palestinian State By Mark Landler, The New York Times, August 3, 2025
Tuesday, July 01, 2025
July 2025: Notable
- Take a Ride On New York City’s Future Train Line By Stefanos Chen, Eden Weingart and Winnie Hu, Photographs and Video by Yuvraj Khanna, The New York Times, July 28, 2025
- This Test Can See a Heart Attack in Your Future By Paula Span, The New York Times, July 26, 2025
- A Pill for Sleep Apnea Could Be on the Horizon By Caroline Hopkins Legaspy, The New York Times, July 23, 2025
- I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. By Omer Bartov, The New York Times, July 15, 2025
- Where to find information about flood risk to your home By Rebecca Hersher, NPR, July 12, 2025
- Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza’s population ‘a blueprint for crimes against humanity’ By Emma Graham-Harrison, The Guardian, July 7, 2025
- If Zohran Mamdani Wins, Then What? By Ross Barkan, The New York Times, July 9, 2025
- The Gender Gap That Ate the Democrats By Thomas B. Edsall, The New York Times, July 8, 2025
- Nearly Half of America’s Murderers Get Away With It By German Lopez, The New York Times, July 6, 2025
- With Etch a Sketches and Apples, Math Is Revealed By Josh Ocampo, The New York Times, July 1, 2025
- Video Shows Drone Rescuing Stranded Man During Flood in China By Tiffany May and Jiawei Wang, The New York Times, July 1, 2025
Monday, June 02, 2025
June 2025: Notable
- Bowling for Nobels By Steven Strogatz, with illustrations by Jens Mortensen, The New York Times, June 30, 2025
- Let’s Get Packing! By Steven Strogatz, with illustrations by Jens Mortensen, The New York Times, June 23, 2025
- It’s Official: Streaming Is Now the King of TV By John Koblin, The New York Times, June 17, 2025
- Navel Gazing and the Golden Ratio By Steven Strogatz, with illustrations by Jens Mortensen, The New York Times, June 16, 2025
- The Achingly Simple Lesson That Democrats Seem Determined Not to Learn By Michael Hirschorn, The New York Times, June 10, 2025
- Want to lower your risk of dementia? Here’s what the science says. By Leana S. Wen, The Washington Post, June 10, 2025
- Taxicab Geometry By Steven Strogatz, with illustrations by Jens Mortensen, The New York Times, June 9, 2025
- Nervous about using the bathroom at work? A gastroenterologist shares advice. By Trisha Pasricha, The Washington Post, June 2, 2025
Friday, May 09, 2025
May 2025: Notable
- I’m an oncologist. Here are 11 science-based ways to reduce your cancer risk. By Mikkael A. Sekeres, The Washington Post, May 27, 2025
- What did you do during the genocide in Gaza? By Arwa Mahdawi, The Guardian, May 22, 2025
- How a scientist who studies ‘super agers’ exercises for a longer life By Gretchen Reynolds, The Washington Post, May 21, 2025
- The Spy Factory By Michael Schwirtz and Jane Bradley, The New York Times, May 21, 2025
- How to Manage Your Blood Sugar With Exercise By Hilary Achauer, The New York Times, May 19, 2025
- A Ministroke Can Have Major Consequences By Paula Span, The New York Times, May 17, 2025
- ‘Watch Me,’ Biden Said. But Hearing Him in Hur Interview Is More Revealing. By Lisa Lerer, The New York Times, May 17, 2025
- A Century-Old Romance That Gave the Pope His Family Name By Julie Bosman, The New york Times, May 16, 2025
- 9 Federally Funded Scientific Breakthroughs That Changed Everything By Alan Burdick and Emily Anthes, Illustrations by Ruru Kuo, The New York Times, May 16, 2025
- Soviet Spacecraft Crash Lands on Earth After a Journey of Half a Century By Nadia Drake, The New York Times, May 10, 2025
- New Pope Has Creole Roots in New Orleans By Richard Fausset and Robert Chiarito, The New York Times, May 8, 2025
- ‘I Was Stunned’: Watching From Illinois, Pope’s Brother Reflects on History By Robert Chiarito and Mitch Smith, The New York Times, May 9, 2025
Thursday, March 13, 2025
March 2025: Notable
- What the science says about multivitamins, magnesium and 7 other supplements By Trisha Pasricha, The Washington Post, March 31, 2025
- What Happens to Your Brain When You Retire? By Mohana Ravindranath, The New York Times, March 26, 2025
- What Works for Low Back Pain? Not Much, a New Study Says By Nina Agrawal, The New York Times, March 18, 2025
- Why You Should Sign Up for the I.R.S.’s Identity Theft Prevention Tool By Ron Lieber, The New York Times, March 8, 2025
- A New Scientific Field Is Recasting Who We Are and How We Got That Way By Dalton Conley, The New York Times, March 13, 2025
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
February 2025: Notable
- How to keep your eyes healthy and your vision sharp By Kevin Loria, The Washington Post, February 18, 2025
- She’s Trying to Stay Ahead of Alzheimer’s, in a Race to the Death By Stephanie Nolen, The New York Times, February 16, 2025
- In rural America, more women are saying ‘I don’t’ By Shelley Clark and Matthew M. Brooks, The Washington Post, February 12, 2025
- 3 Ways to Track Your Fitness Over Time By Jen Murphy, The New York Times, February 11, 2025
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September 2025: Notable
As a Booker prize judge I helped whittle 153 books down to a shortlist of six. Here’s why you should read them By Chris Power, The Guardian...
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Although I was born in Philadelphia, I spent the first twenty-two years of my life growing up in Calcutta (now Kolkata ), the capital city o...
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Trevor Swan (1918–1989) is an economist hero of mine. Even today's macroeconomists rely on the Solow-Swan model of 1956 to organize t...
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Just read a fascinating article on the dysfunctional nature of India's medical education system: India’s private medical colleges and c...